Reinforcement for concreting wooden piles.



J. L. MGGALL. REINFORCEMENT FOR CONCEETING WOODEN PILES.

APILIOATION FLED APR.13. 1914.

Patented Mar. 30, 1915 Q/MKJMWM Witnesses Attorneys traint Jim/'lint JAMES L. MGCALL, 0F TAMPA, FLORCDA, ASSIGNOR 0F ONE-HALF 'E0 THOMAS il. MODIDY,- 0F TARPON' SPRINGS, FLORIDA.

REI'ZNFORCEIJIENT FR CONCRETING- l/VOODEN PELES.

Speccaton of Letters lzatent.

Patented Mar. 3d, Mild;

Application filed April 13, 1914.-. Serial No. 831,684.

10 cri ifi/1.0m, t may concern.'

Be it known that l, JAMES L. MCCALL, a citizen of .the United States, residing at Tampa., in the county of Hillsborough and State of Floridal, have invented a new and useful Reinforcement for Concreting lfi/Tooden Piles, of which the following is a specification.

rThis invention relates to improvements in reinforcements for the concrete coating ernployed with pilings. l

An object of the present invention is to provide reinforcement and bonding means for the concrete coating which may be easily and quickly applied to a pile and when inn stalled in position thereon will be rigidly and permanently secured thereto.

A further object is to provide a reinforcement including spaced longitudinal rods around which a wire netting is positioned and securedly locked thereto.

A further object is to provide economical spacers for the longitudinal rods including a pair of spaced staples with a headed nail intermediate the same, the Wire or rod passing beneath the staples and over the nail head, thus held against motion in either direction.

A further object is to provide a concrete covering for Wooden piles which extends well above high Water and to a point belovsr the ground so as to protect the Wooden pile from marine bor-ers or insects.

ll ith the foregoing and other objects in View which will appear as the description.

proceeds, the invention resides in the combination and arrangement of parts and in the details of construction hereinafter described and claimed, it being understood that changes in the precise embodiment of the invention herein disclosed, can be made within the scope of what is claimed, without departing from the spirit of the invention.

In the drawings accompanying this speciication and forming a part thereof, the preferred embodiment of my invention is illustated, in which:-

liig'ure l is a View in elevation of a piling equipped with my improved reinforcement and partially covered with concrete. Fig. 2 is a view in cross section thereof. Fig. 3 is a detail view illustratingone of the longitudinal reinforcing and retaining` rods with its anying spacer, said view belng a section taken on line A-B Fig. 2 with the con' crete removed.

Referring to the drawings wherein similar reference numerals designate corresponding parts throughout the several views, a Wooden pile or core 4 is provided with a plurality of longitudinally extending rods 5, the said rods being spaced equidis'tant around the pile and comprise a single length of material for which reason the upper cross connection 6 has been illustrated, or may be formed of separate and inrlependent rods or lengths of heavy Wire. ln order to hold the reinforcing.;r longitudinal rods in spaced relation with respect to 'the peripheral surface of the pile, the spacers 7 are provided and are located at various intervals along the rods, The spacers l each include a headed nail 8 which is driven into the piling and to each side of which'are driven the staples 9. The staples 9 are driven into the pile in such manner that the reinforcing longitudinal rod 5 which extends over the head of the nail and through the staples 9 is otfset or corrugated as at l0 and thus positively holding them in place against either radial or longitudinal movement. T he spacer as thus formed 'While being exceedingly simple and economical is admirably adapted for the purpose.

A Wire netting ll is Wrapped around the piling, res-:ts against the longitudinal rods, and is held in proper and definite relation with the piling thereby. A plurality 0f staples l2 are driven into the piling and engaffe the wire netting, holding the same ifito forced Contact with the said rods. With the reinforcen'ient as so outlined in place, a form of the usual and preferably sectional type is placed about the piling and held in spaced relation to the reinforcement in the usual manner and is therefore not illustrated. The concrete coating is formed about the piling, embedding the reinforce ment therein and thus provides an efficient coating for the pile. The reinforcement allows the pilinoj with the Concrete thereon and with the Iorm removed, to be driven into the earth without danger of the concrete coating becoming loosened or broken.

llaving thus fully described my inven tion, what l claim is :m

l. The combination with a pile or the like, of a reinforcement for a concrete coating,

said reinforcement including aired,V means engaging the pile for holding the rod spaced from the pile7 and means engaging the rod :it opposite sides ol the spacing means for crimpingr the rod and holding it upon the spacingl means.

2. A reinforcement for conereleveoatings eo1n1n'i.-:in;f a plurality of longitudinally eX- tending rods, spacers engaging said longitudinal rods adapted to hold the same inv spaeed relation to a pile, eaeli of said spacers including spaced staples and a headed nail there, intermediate, said staples and nail enacting; to eorrngate and rigidly engage the longitudinal rods. l

il. A spacer for Concrete reinforcing longitudinal rods comprising a pair of Staples f spaced a dietance apartLand a. lheaded nail there intermediate and with the outer snrlaeo of the nailliead extendingr a slight dis- 20' 'SaidinCans including longitudinal rods;7 25

spacing devices interposed between each rod and the core: and meansy ltraddlingY each rod for holding it against displacement relative tothe spacing devices.

In testimony tliatl claim the 'foregoing 30 as my own, l have' hereto allixed my signature in the presence of two witnesses.

. l JAMES L. MCCALL.

fitnesses H. Bqllasiiins, WM. T. Romans.' 

